Example Sentences

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Boeing test pilots discovered that the Max had unusual stall characteristics when the wing flaps were up and the engines were thrusting.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2019

The nation did not initially enjoy looking in the mirror that Lichtenstein and Warhol were thrusting toward it: in 1964, Life magazine asked of Lichtenstein, "Is he the worst artist in America?"

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2013

Already the Germans had taken the Maikop fields and were thrusting into the Grozny region, only 100 miles from the Caspian.

From Time Magazine Archive

He would write a word like "roots" or "bones" as though it were thrusting out of his nature to the very depth of his discussion.

From Time Magazine Archive

The willows that grow in the river bed were well leafed, and the wild blackberry vines were thrusting their spiky new shoots along the ground.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck